Installing a HyperStar Conversion Kit
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ส.ค. 2024
- This kit allows a non-HyperStar-compatible SCT to be converted into a compatible telescope. The kit includes three components that replace the original secondary mirror assembly.
To install, the original assembly must be removed from the telescope. The corrector plate is removed first. Then the baffle tube is unthreaded to allow the secondary holder to be removed. The secondary mirror itself is then removed and placed into the new holder. This assembly is then put back onto the corrector plate and reinstalled into the telescope.
After installation, the telescope optics must be collimated, but collimation is then retained when the secondary is removed for HyperStar imaging. Removing the secondary mirror is done using a threaded ring. While out of the telescope, the secondary is safely stored in a holder included with the HyperStar lens.
Note: The old orange-tube Celestron SCTs have secondary mirrors which are mounted differently from the current model telescopes. This requires a modification to the Conversion Kit which is an extra $50. Please call to order the Conversion Kit or if you have any questions on which version your telescope requires.
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Dean I learn more and more every day. Now I know why I should not have used a pipe wrench and duct tape
Trying this now. Trying to remove a glued baffle tube takes over an hour. Been at it over 30 minutes and it hasn't budged. The video shouldn't make it so misleading.
Update: Some of the old model orange C8's baffle doesn't screw off. As I eventually found out 4 hours later. It's one unit. I had to crack it slightly in order to remove it.
I got a 1978 model, so in glad I read your comment. I'm really on the fence about buying one of these for my C8 but it offers so much promise and convenience once installed.
@@DJRonnieG I've had mine out three times now, and all three times spending hours aligning and collimating. But once you get that done, it's awesome. I've been able to take some test images and they were great. If you can get through installing with patience, and know how to collimate the Hyperstar, you'll love it.
Nice video, but how does one unthread the first ring when the secondary is spinning because yall can't include a 10$ gasket? (And charge it to the hyperstar).
Anyone else notice that he put the corrector plate back in nearly 45 degrees off from where the index mark was originally made??
I noticed that the orientation of the screws changed (180 degrees?) from timestamp 3:11 to 3:17 before the corrector is removed.
Correct! That was really confusing me... Took a while to realize.
This video looks like it was made in 1993 right after Back to the Future came out, not 2018.
Are there any disadvantages to using a Hyperstar on a standard sct?
Thinking of getting one but seems like I may aswell use my standard sct 9.25 instead of investing in an edgehd.
Only thing I can come up with would be focusing which from what I've heard is better on the edgehd.
You should wear gloves handling the secondary and corrector plate.
It’s not a faster compatible 😱